Iran, Russia to increase trade exchanges to $200b

October 18, 2007 - 0:0

TEHRAN (IRNA) -- President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin here agreed to increase bilateral trade and economic exchanges to 200 billion dollars by the next decade.

The agreement was made by the two presidents in their second meeting Tuesday evening.
Referring to Putin's visit to Tehran as a milestone in the two countries bilateral relations, Ahmadinejad stressed that expansion of Tehran-Moscow cooperation would guarantee the two countries political and economic interests.
Putin voiced his country's readiness to make joint investments with Iran.
He also called for expansion of bilateral cooperation in the field of science and technology.
Meanwhile, President Putin was officially seen off by his Iranian counterpart Tuesday evening.
Talking to reporters after the seen off ceremony, President Ahmadinejad referred to talks with his Russian counterpart as ""positive, constructive, useful, and objective"".